Q: Guruji, please explain the reason for suffering ?
Gurudev Sri Sri :
Okay, suppose I tell you, you should eat five masala dosa tonight, what will happen to you? Suppose you are force fed five masala dosa or 20 pooris, what will happen to you ?
First of all, you will suffer. Tonight you cannot sleep, right ? It will create headache, stomach ache and then all types of aches.
Firstly, when we violate the laws of nature, then we suffer. Second, ignorance – if you don’t know what you are eating and you eat some wrong things, then also you will suffer, right?
Third is, if you have violated some laws at some time in the past, in the previous life, that also can bring some karma. So karmaja, agyanaja, and pragyaparadh; three things bring suffering.
How to remove the ignorance ? Through knowledge and understanding ; Asking questions like you are doing.